counseling for cancer & illness.

a diagnosis can feel like an earthquake has shattered life as you know it.

In the face of serious medical illness, our most fundamental assumptions about health, security, and control are challenged in an instant. Ideas about what the future holds are suddenly called into question, forcing a reprioritization of everything. Your life—once familiar and routine becomes unrecognizable through the lens of uncertainty. Over time, you may come to realize that friends and family, despite their best intentions, cannot begin to comprehend the magnitude of what you are experiencing.

It is as if the ground has been ripped out from underneath of you. 

If you or a loved one is feeling lost in the midst of all of this, wondering what life is supposed to look like now, know that you do not have to work through this alone. Serious illness can impact you, your family, and your friends in ways that you may not fully anticipate, making this deeply personal journey difficult to understand unless you have been through it. Having survived ovarian cancer—along with providing support to my spouse as he navigated his own cancer diagnosis—allows me to offer clients unique and specialized insight into the constellation of emotional, physical, spiritual, and financial challenges often associated with life-threatening illness. 

With understanding and sensitivity, I will be your support through every part of the process, from the day of diagnosis all the way through to the end of treatment and whatever comes next.